# Lobsang: talk about a persecution complex **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 7, 2003, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lobsang-talk-about-a-persecution-complex/153434 "2003-02-07T10:58:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lobsang-talk-about-a-persecution-complex/153434/21 "2003-02-07T13:55:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LolaCocaCola \* > \*\*Lobsang seems to post only when he’s drunk. > \*\* Hey! Is that a poke at drunk posters? 'Cause if it is, then… why… I’ll drink to that! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lobsang-talk-about-a-persecution-complex/153434/22 "2003-02-07T13:59:03Z")
> [@](#): > > The debate over whether or not this thread was a good idea aside, I find it very odd that after bashing to OP for a “bad idea” thread that kambuckta decided to hop right in and play along. Wassupwidat? ---
**Author:** ![sugaree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@sugaree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sugaree)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lobsang-talk-about-a-persecution-complex/153434/23 "2003-02-07T14:18:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Waverly \* > \*\*Lobsang is an immature toad licker, and that shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone who recognizes his handle. \*\* I don’t recognize his handle. What does it mean? ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lobsang-talk-about-a-persecution-complex/153434/24 "2003-02-07T14:31:11Z")
You are a better and more productive person than I. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![pezpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lobsang-talk-about-a-persecution-complex/153434/25 "2003-02-07T15:14:24Z")
How did I actually miss out on a thread in which people were taking dibs on lil ol me!?!?! \Mouthbreather\ you are a wonderful stalker! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![pezpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lobsang-talk-about-a-persecution-complex/153434/26 "2003-02-07T15:16:51Z")
After This long at SDMB you would really think I would know how to code (or at least preview). I am so sad. ---
**Author:** ![ratty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ccd318/32.png) [@ratty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratty)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lobsang-talk-about-a-persecution-complex/153434/27 "2003-02-07T17:03:30Z")
**London\_Calling** is right. It seems like lately we’ve been inundated with pathetic, self-indulgent teenagers who could not catch a clue if it crawled in their ear and started fucking their brain. **Lobsang** is the master of thin-skinned defensiveness. In order to remain true to his art, he should really stop by and point out that he only started the thread because other people have done similar things in the past. The he should really start in with the personal threats, and descend predictably into his usual “I’m cooling down and getting drunk now” mode, before the finale of the “I’m a board addict- pity me!” song’n’dance. I’m real sorry you find it so difficult to grow a thicker skin, pal. Maybe you should try thinking before you post once in a while, then you won’t have to deal with people telling you your threads are bad ideas. And really, if you can’t stand some stranger on a message board being less than polite to you, how do you get through a single day in real life? Do you break down into a screaming fit whenever someone forgets to hold a door for you? :wally ---
**Author:** ![Slip\_Mahoney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Slip\_Mahoney](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slip_Mahoney)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lobsang-talk-about-a-persecution-complex/153434/28 "2003-02-07T17:19:50Z")
Well, can we at least have a **Who’s the Ugliest Doper** thread, then? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lobsang-talk-about-a-persecution-complex/153434/29 "2003-02-07T17:23:20Z")
I think **Kn\*ckers** is probably pretty cute. …must… …stop… …typing… ---
**Author:** ![Super\_Gnat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Super\_Gnat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Gnat)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lobsang-talk-about-a-persecution-complex/153434/30 "2003-02-07T18:09:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by sugaree \* > \*\*I don’t recognize his handle. What does it mean? \*\* Lobsang is a character from a Terry Pratchett novel called _Thief of Time_. ---
**Author:** ![Stephi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Stephi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephi)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lobsang-talk-about-a-persecution-complex/153434/31 "2003-02-07T18:14:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ratty \* > \*\ ***London\_Calling** is right. It seems like lately we’ve been inundated with pathetic, self-indulgent teenagers who could not catch a clue if it crawled in their ear and started fucking their brain. > > **Lobsang** is the master of thin-skinned defensiveness. In order to remain true to his art, he should really stop by and point out that he only started the thread because other people have done similar things in the past. The he should really start in with the personal threats, and descend predictably into his usual “I’m cooling down and getting drunk now” mode, before the finale of the “I’m a board addict- pity me!” song’n’dance. > > \*\* You missed the part where he complains about persecution by the SDMB Clique™. I think it happens somewhere between the threats and the song’n’dance. ---
**Author:** ![flood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@flood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flood)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2003, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lobsang-talk-about-a-persecution-complex/153434/32 "2003-02-08T01:15:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Slip Mahoney \* > \*\*Well, can we at least have a **Who’s the Ugliest Doper** thread, then? \*\* Ooh, Ooh, could we mom??? Please? Pleeeeaaaase??? ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2003, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lobsang-talk-about-a-persecution-complex/153434/33 "2003-02-08T02:07:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Slip Mahoney \* > \*\*Well, can we at least have a **Who’s the Ugliest Doper** thread, then? \*\* No, we can’t. I don’t want the notoriety. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2003, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lobsang-talk-about-a-persecution-complex/153434/34 "2003-02-08T02:07:39Z")
My first pit thread! (about me) One thing I have to say - calling people names is really not necesary. It is easy to criticise someone without resorting to the childishness of namecalling. I AM OK WITH BEING CRITICISED! But I make an issue of being called pathetic, bullshit, etc… a) because it DOES hit a nerve, and b) because there is absolutely not positive/productive reason to do it!! I am ok with finding out (from this thread) that half of the sdmb thinks I am a waste of space. ---
**Author:** ![Argatha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Argatha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argatha)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2003, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lobsang-talk-about-a-persecution-complex/153434/35 "2003-02-08T02:25:14Z")
Actually, I’ve checked the numbers and it’s more like 75%. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2003, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lobsang-talk-about-a-persecution-complex/153434/36 "2003-02-08T02:27:45Z")
I’ll update my list. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2003, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lobsang-talk-about-a-persecution-complex/153434/37 "2003-02-08T02:36:23Z")
Fer fucks sake **Lobsang** , go back and re-read the thread will you? I said that the subject of the OP was bullshit: there was no reference to anything about YOU at all, although I DID tell you to ‘grow a brain’. Nor did I call you pathetic. What I _said_ was that LEAVING THE BOARDS because of that stupid thread would have been pathetic. However, I cannot deny that I _did_ eventually call you a moron. Given your lack of comprehension skills, I stand by that assessment. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2003, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lobsang-talk-about-a-persecution-complex/153434/38 "2003-02-08T02:37:04Z")
It pisses me off how a guy can shit in someone’s thread, and when the op-er of that thread takes issue - it’s the op-er who is at fault! I would NEVER post in someone’s thread saying “this thread is bullshit” or anything like that! What is wrong with me having an issue with it! I am not a fragile weakling close to suicide (that is just an act). but I am someone who speaks out when he doesn’t like something! OK?! ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2003, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lobsang-talk-about-a-persecution-complex/153434/39 "2003-02-08T02:45:16Z")
And you called me a moron (again). Something tells me you _don’t want_ this issue to be resolved. (everyone - him calling me a moron did not make me want to jump out of the nearest window. ok?) ---
**Author:** ![lothos2002](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/df788c/32.png) [@lothos2002](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lothos2002)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2003, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lobsang-talk-about-a-persecution-complex/153434/40 "2003-02-08T02:46:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Super Gnat \* > \*\*Lobsang is a character from a Terry Pratchett novel called _Thief of Time_. \*\* **Lobsang Rampa** was a writter as well. IIRC, he claimed to be a bhuddist monk but it turned out to be a fraud. I think I read one of his books a long time ago, something about a cat, I think. Does anyone else know about this? You may now return to your regularly scheduled pile-on… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lobsang-talk-about-a-persecution-complex/153434.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lobsang-talk-about-a-persecution-complex/153434.md?page=3)